Example sentences of "[adj] be [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Veblen 's book continues to be read this is partly for its unconscious humour but partly for the comfort , however misplaced , which it offers to those still mesmerized by egalitarian ideas . |
| 2 | ‘ This is not for your stone . |
| 3 | this is just for your test when they ask you |
| 4 | Sorry forgive me , this is the whole point , this is just for your information what has happened in the past , we 're now looking at , looking for a new |
| 5 | This is specifically for our youth grants . |
| 6 | I mean this is personally for our place , and I 'm sure all the shops did the same . |
| 7 | This was not for my protection , but for hers . |
| 8 | This was all for her benefit . |
| 9 | While ‘ it is too soon to be sanguine ’ , the board says , it believes the worst is over for its portfolio , and that with the benefit of devaluation for the whole of the second half , earnings for the full year should allow the trust 's record of dividend progress to be maintained . |
| 10 | If your Valentine date looks set to be a jog in the park , a game of squash or a cycle ride in the country , then this give-away is definitely for your action man . |
| 11 | That 's just for her blood . |
| 12 | So that 's just for your per your personal pride I suppose is to try and get that because |
| 13 | Well I think that 's just for your , you know , you your seconds , you push them do n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ That 's not for my decision , sir . ’ |
| 15 | a government but all insurance companies really come up with much the same thing so I mean that 's , that 's purely for your technical information rather than anything else . |
| 16 | He 'd thrown rocks at windows of offices and works they 'd sacked him from , he 'd defaced buildings , scratched officials ' cars and mutilated bonnet mascots ( though that was largely for his own safety ) and he 'd made bomb-hoax telephone calls . |
| 17 | At any rate , he disapproved , but perhaps that was partly for my mother 's sake . ’ |
| 18 | I gave him a rocket , but that was more for my own good than his . |
| 19 | We gave him whiskey and had n't to tie him up till the morning and that was only for his own good . ’ |